Please join PPTU for our 2nd Annual BBQ Fundraiser on August 28th, 2016. This the Chapters annual fundraising drive that helps PPTU raise the needed funds to continue our work with Project Healing Waters, Casting for Recovery, and local conservations efforts.
This a GREAT event for the entire [ READ MORE... ]

The online portion of MAC TU 2016 is now open. The auction will run from March 2, 2016 to March 19, 2016, with the live event taking place on March 19, 2016. Proceeds go to Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic Council so that through the local chapters, we can work to conserve, protect and restore cold [ READ MORE... ]

Greg Cwalina of Patuxent River Flies will give a presentation on tying a decorative fly for a display, or as part of a pin, earring, or key ring. Greg has been doing this for ten years and some of his wares are currently for sale at the Beaver Creek Fly Shop. He has also demonstrated some of his [ READ MORE... ]

Enjoy the beginning of 2016 with a glimpse of how to tie flies and maybe even pick up a new hobby (obsession?). At 7:00 PM on Wednesday, January 20, 2016, at the Schweinhaut Senior Center, 1000 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD, the Potomac-Patuxent Chapter of Trout Unlimited will present our [ READ MORE... ]

Eight decades after the supply of trout in freshwater streams and rivers in the Eastern U.S. was seemingly close to being depleted, the fish and those who revel in the art of catching them are doing quite well.
Although plenty of work remains to be done, there are folks who give up much of their [ READ MORE... ]

Jim Greene of the Potomac-Patuxent Chapter received the Mortenson Award —TU’s most prestigious award — on Saturday at the Trout Unlimited National Conference in Scranton, PA. Jim has been a diligent volunteer and a guiding light for Trout in the Classroom Programs both locally and nationally. Jim [ READ MORE... ]

On July 11 and 12th, Maryland Trout Unlimited co-hosted “Tenkara Jam on the Gunpowder” with Appalachian Tenkara Anglers and Great Feathers Fly Shop in Sparks, Maryland.
Nearly 100 people attended on one or both days of the Jam. During the Jam, participants saw presentations by Dan Galhardo of [ READ MORE... ]

Satterlee Creek, an intermittent stream in Bradford County, Pa., is one that has been named and claimed by the community.
“Oh, that must be Fishing Creek.”
If you’re crossing a bridge somewhere in Pennsylvania, it’s a pretty safe answer if someone asks you, “What stream is that?”
I’ve never done [ READ MORE... ]